Habakuki 2
1 Nitasimama kwenye nguzo yangu ya ulinzi na kujiweka mwenyewe juu ya mnara wa mlinzi, na nitatazama kwa makini kuona yeye atasema nini kwangu na namna gani nitageuka kutoka kwenye lawama yangu.
I will stand vpon my watch, and set me vpon the towre, and wil looke and see what he would say vnto mee, and what I shall answere to him that rebuketh me.
2 Yahwe alinijibu na alisema, “Rekodi maono haya, na uandike dhahiri juu ya kibao ili kwamba anayesoma anaweza kukimbia.
And the Lord answered me, and sayde, Write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may runne that readeth it.
3 Sababu maono haya bado ni kwa wakati ujao na hatimaye atazungumza bila kuanguka. Ingawa inachelewa, isubiri. Sababu kwa hakika itatakuja na haitachelewa.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the last it shall speake, and not lie: though it tarie, waite: for it shall surely come, and shall not stay.
4 Tazama! yule ambae hamu yake siyo sawa ndani yake anapumua kwa nguvu. Lakini mwenye haki ataishi kwa imani.
Beholde, he that lifteth vp himselfe, his minde is not vpright in him, but the iust shall liue by his fayth,
5 Sababu mvinyo ni msaliti wa kijana mwenye kiburi ili kwamba asistahimili, lakini hukuza tamaa yake kama kaburi na, kama kifo, haitaweza kuridhishwa. Yeye anajikusanyia kila taifa na anakusanya kwaajili yake watu wote. (Sheol h7585)
Yea, in deede the proude man is as hee that transgresseth by wine: therefore shall he not endure, because he hath enlarged his desire as the hell, and is as death, and can not be satisfied, but gathereth vnto him all nations, and heapeth vnto him all people. (Sheol h7585)
6 Haya yote hayatatengeneza usemi kumdhihaki na wimbo wa dhihaka unaomhusu, 'ole wake yule aongezaye visivyo vya kwake! kwa muda gani utaongeza uzito wa dhamana uliyochukua?'
Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?
7 Wale wanao ngojea kwako hawatainuka ghafla? na wale wanaokutetemesha kuamka? Utakuwa mwathirika kwaajili yao.
Shall they not rise vp suddenly, that shall bite thee? and awake, that shall stirre thee? and thou shalt be their praye?
8 Kwasababu umeteka nyara watu wengi, mabaki yote ya watu, yatakuteka nyara wewe. Sababu umemwaga damu nyingi za watu na umetenda kwa uasi kinyume cha nchi, miji, na wote wanaokaa ndani yake.
Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.
9 Ole kwa yule anayechonga mapato maovu kwaajili ya nyumba yake, hivyo anaweza kutengeneza kiota chake juu kumweka yeye salama mbali na mikono ya uovu.
Ho, he that coueteth an euil couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euil.
10 Umebuni aibu kwa nyumba yako kwa kuwakata watu wengi, na umefanya dhambi dhidi yako mwenyewe.
Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule.
11 Sababu jiwe litapaza sauti kutoka ukutani, na pao la mbao litawajibu,
For the stone shall crie out of the wall, and the beame out of the timber shall answere it.
12 'Ole wake yule ajengaye mji kwa damu, na anayeimarisha mji kwa katika uovu.
Wo vnto him that buildeth a towne with blood, and erecteth a citie by iniquitie.
13 Hii haitoki kwa Yahwe wa majeshi kwamba watu wafanye kazi kwa moto na mataifa yote mengine yanachakaa menyewe bila kitu?
Beholde, is it not of the Lord of hostes that the people shall labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.
14 Bado nchi itajaa maarifa ya utukufu wa Yahwe kama maji yanavyojaza bahari.
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters couer the sea.
15 'Ole wake yule anayemfanya jirani yake alewe, wewe ambaye unaye ongeza sumu uwafanye walewe ili uweze kutazama uchi wao.
Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities.
16 Utavimbiwa na aibu zaidi kuliko utukufu. Kunywa hiyo vilevile, na funua uchi wako mwenyewe. Kikombe cha mkono wa kuume wa Yahwe utakuja katika kukugeukia wewe, na aibu itafunika heshima yako.
Thou art filled with shame for glorie: drinke thou also, and be made naked: the cup of the Lords right hand shall be turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuing shalbe for thy glory.
17 Vurugu iliyofanywa kwa Lebanoni itakufunika na uharibifu wa wanyama utakuogopesha. Sababu umemwaga damu za watu na umetenda kwa uasi dhidi ya ile nchi, miji, na wote wanaokaa humo.
For the crueltie of Lebanon shall couer thee: so shall the spoyle of the beastes, which made them afraide, because of mens blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therein.
18 Sanamu iliyochongwa inakufaidia nini? Sababu yule aliyeichonga hiyo, au ambaye kaisubu kwa kuiyeyusha metali, ni mwalimu wa uongo; Sababu anaiamini kazi ya mikono yake anapotengeneza miungu hii isiyoongea.
What profiteth the image? for the maker thereof hath made it an image, and a teacher of lies, though he that made it, trust therein, when he maketh dumme idoles.
19 'Ole kwa yule anayeuambia ubao, Amka! Au kwa jiwe lisiloongea, Inuka!' Vitu hivi vinafundisha? Angalia, hiki juu kimefunikwa kwa dhahabu na fedha, lakini ndani yake hakipumui kabisa.
Wo vnto him that sayth to the wood, Awake, and to the dumme stone, Rise vp, it shall teach thee: beholde, it is layde ouer with golde and siluer, and there is no breath in it.
20 Lakini Yahwe yumo katika hekalu lake takatifu! Nchi yote iwe kimya mbele zake.
But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him.
